Comments Thread For: Anthony Joshua Boxes Past Andy Ruiz To Reclaim World Titles

[Mindgames]

Ruiz lacks discipline to be world champion. While he has natural ability which to build on he chose to instead eat and spent these last 6 months off trying to blow every red cent he made on the first fight. Every news story about him in the last 6 months showed him eating and buying useless things like rolls royces and not training. Even his own team complained he refused to start training until September instead of July like they wanted. There won’t be a third fight and I predict this knucklehead In a few years will be broke working some other fighter’s corner. What a waste. As for Joshua he did what he had to do and proved he has the discipline to be champion. Joshua is the 2nd best heavyweight in the world behind Wilder with Fury being a distant third holding that position by fighting uncompetitive tomato cans.

The consensus is that Wilder lost to Fury my man. All Deontay has done since is beaten an old slow shot fighter hed beat before. Wilder isnt clearly number one at all, and anything could happen between the top three. Deontay looked stuck in the mud last time out against a guy who really looked totally finished in the previous fight. One punch, however good, isnt something to rely on forever.

[Aegir]

Don't know why some are complaining from AJ's performance. He showed that he has depth and can train to maintain a disciplined style for 12 rounds. Ruiz was not in enough shape for AJ to go to a next gear.

He has very little of anything. They all have very little in this current crop of heavyweights. Could you even imagine any of them going 4 rounds or even 2 rounds with a prime Tyson? Larry Holmes, Evander, Lewis and I could list fighters for hours. These guys are barely sparring partners.

[Straightener]

He has very little of anything. They all have very little in this current crop of heavyweights. Could you even imagine any of them going 4 rounds or even 2 rounds with a prime Tyson? Larry Holmes, Evander, Lewis and I could list fighters for hours. These guys are barely sparring partners.

Love Holyfield but he was juiced to **** ! Agree this era is weak compared to the 90’s

It’s getting fun though . we’ve got 4/5 genuine decent heavy fighters

Lennox is probably crying into his pbc uniform today the turn coat

[TexasCowBoy]

They should change the rules to save boxing
That running should be scored 10:8 for the chasing fighter

Beautifully Said

[Sweden2716]

Fight was pitiful, Ruiz and Joshua would be c-level fighters in the 1970's, all the top 10 heavyweights of the 1970's would have won easily against these two.

[Sweden2716]

Wilder knocks out Joshua first time he lands anything hard, Fury outboxes Joshua or knocks him out late. Lennox, Holyfield, Tyson , would easily beat these two clowns.

[Sweden2716]

Could you imagine Tyson against Joshua, if Joshua was so scared of the Pillsbury Dough Boy, Tyson would make him wet his pants.

[Sweden2716]

Thank God I lived in the times to see a prime Ali in the 60's and 70's, got see great heavyweights in their prime Frazier, Foreman, Holmes, Tyson, Holyfield and Lewis.

[Rigpig]

Wilder gives away round after round with super low output. Joshua was worried about getting hit, but thats the exact attitude youd want boxing Wilder dont you think? Deontay has real trouble with good boxers you have to admit and AJ has more power than Fury, he'd have to respect it. Deontay is abit vulnerable himself and has never fought a real puncher, whos young with a comparable reach.

The thing is Wilder can lose every second of every round all he has to do is land that one punch and it’s over. Joshua has already shown he doesn’t have the best chin doesn’t deal with adversity well. If Wilder had fought that version of Ruiz or even the better version of Ruiz he’d destroy him. Props to Joshua for coming in better prepared and sticking to his game plan but still didn’t look that impressive against a shorter slower very fat unprepared challenger.

[TaurusJ27]

Terrific jab from Joshua throughout that fight.